200 Die in Fire Chinese Theatre Disaster Others Drowned London
More than 200 people, including 14 actors and actresses, lost their lives in the fire which destroyed a theatre in a village…
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Fires & bushfires, 1936
878 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 44
Stop Mosquitoes Householders Light Fires Haze Over Suburbs
A white-grey smoke haze hung over the outer suburbs at dusk yesterday. There were no bushfires. The smoke was symbolic of two things—the triumph of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →OVER 200 PERISH Tragedy in Chinese Village Trapped in Theatre Fire London, March 18
More than 200 people, including 14 actors and actresses, lost their lives in the fire which destroyed a theatre in a village 20 miles to the south of Tientsin, states the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Jubilee Fire
There was an unexpected twist to Adamstown's jubilee celebrations last night—one which the committee had not arranged. The main event of the night,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Scare on Wharf Darling Harbor Blaze Confined to Straw Sydney
Prompt work by more than 40 firemen to-day prevented a big fire on the upstairs part of McIlraith McEachern's No. 4 Wharf at Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at South Grafton Grafton
Fire destroyed the home of Philip Howley and its contents in Skinner-street. South Grafton, at 3 o'clock this morning. The fire brigade saved the house next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Islington Hotel
A fire which broke out in a bedroom of the Parkview Hotel. Maitland-road. Islington, about 11 o'clock lost night, was extinguished with the aid of chemical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ballarat Fire Ballarat
The Coliseum Theatre was destroyed by fire to-day. Adjoining buildings, including the Athenaeum Theatre, were badly damaged. The total damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The King on Holiday :: Fire Engine Icebound
A hitherto unpublished photograph of King Edward VIII., taken when, as Prince of Wales, he paid his first visit to Western Canada in 1919. He was at a duck-hunting lodge at Lake Manitoba…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle on Fire
Newcastle Fire Brigade was called this morning to extinguish flames which had enveloped a motor cycle at the corner of King and Darby-streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Outbreaks Quelled
Newcastle district fire brigades were called oat for two small outbreaks of fire last night. Headquarters and Newcastle East brigades were summoned, early in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Burned to Death Octogenarian's Beard Caught Fire ADELAIDE
John Buder, 80, was burned to death last night when a shed in which he was living at Springton, 30 miles from Adelaide, caught alight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires in Victoria Homes Destroyed in Dandenong Ranges Melbourne
New bush fires are moving before a high north wind in the Dandenong Ranges, close to Melbourne, and at Glenburn, further north,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Town Caught in Bush Fire Sweep Many Are Homeless Race for Refuge From Flames in Victoria Melbourne, Wed
Sweeping down on Gunyah, a sawmilling township in the heart of the Gippsland big timber, at 1.20 this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Between Two Fires Canberra, Wed
When Federal Ministers met in the Prime Minister's suite to-day to consider the position created by decisive defeat on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Chemical Factory
Headquarters, Hamilton and Newcastle East fire brigades were called out on an urgent alarm yesterday afternoon to quell and outbreak of fire in a shed containing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Homes Burnt Victorian Bushfires Serious Outbreaks Battle to Save Plantations MELBOURNE
Several homes were destroyed by bushfires, which broke out in various parts of Victoria to-day. The outbreaks coincided with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Under Control Easier Position in Victoria Melbourne
Checked by cool weather and an absence of wind at most places, bush fires throughout Southern Victoria to-day are under control…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Small Fire in Shop
An electric motor in a butcher's shop in Darby-street, Cook's Hill, became overheated, and caught on fire about 8 o'clock last night. Nothing else caught alight,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burned to Death Boardinghouse Proprietor Fire at Cloncurry Cloncurry
When a large boarding-house near the railway station at Cloncurry was destroyed by fire early this morning, the proprietor, John Carroll; 78, was burned…
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